%3d specifies that the integer number should be displayed with three digits : printf « String « Perl






%3d specifies that the integer number should be displayed with three digits

  

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$x = 123;
$y = 1234;
$z = 1;

printf("\t x=%3d y=%4d z=%5d\n", $x, $y, $z);

   
    
  








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